Toy shooting-gallery



(No Model.)

C. A. BAILEY. Toy Shooting Gallery. No. 229,656. Patented July 6, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, OF COBALT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY SHOOTING-GALLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,656, dated July 6, 1880.

Application filed Mayu, 1880.

5`rable Improvement in Toy ShootiugGalleries; and l, do hereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a 1c part of this specification, and to the letters and tigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l o t' the drawings is a representa tion of a top vier.' of my improved shootinggallery. Fig.2isa longitudinal section. Fig.

t5 3 is a cross-section.

This invention has relation to shoetinggal ler-ies; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a glasscovered shooting box or gallery having in the end suitable zo targets or target-holes, all. as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanyingdrawings, the letter A designates the box or gallery, having` abottom, l-, and side walls, C, the latter being longitudinaily grooved near their upper edges to i provide bearings a for the glass top D. One end oi' the box is open, as at E, being, howl ever, provided with aslidiug gute or partition, 1,ielosiug its lower portion, to prevent the go'bullets trein escaping when they return I'rom the target end ol' the gallery or box. lu order to gather the bullets i'or use the slide is designed to be raised a little.

The sides C ol the bex are usually formed with projections l), which support a rest, G,

'usually pivoted to one ol' these projections.

y The target end ot' the gallery isairangcd with vertical guide-groores for the reception ot' u. slide, ll, having one or more notches, e, These notches are usually oi.' difterent sizes, so that the difficulty ofshooting the bullets through them varies, and they are designed to be marked with numbers, which are greater liu' thesmaller notches. AS

indicated in the drawings, the smaller noleh is numbered 20 and the larger one 5. The notches being next the glass iop, their position can he determined without looking through the open end oi' the box, so that it is Ilot neces- 5.0 sary to take sight or aini over the pistol em.

ployed in projecting the bullets. ln this slide lf usually l'orm an aperture, d, behind which is arranged a bell, c, to he rung by the bullets (No model.)

when passing to the space K between the slide and the end wall, L, of the box.

To the rear of the slide are attached ledges or troughs m, which are partitioned so as to be separated from .each other, each trough or ledge being in rear of. one ot the numbered notches or'holes, and serving to receive and' retain the bullets passing through. Other target devices may be connected with this slide, if found desirable. Sometimes the slide may be removed and independent targets employed.

In the drawingsI have illustrated the figure,

S, of an Indian which can be raised into standing position by means of an operating rod or wire, s, passing through its feet, and terminating outside the box in a crank or handle;, or a toy bank, T, may be arranged near the end ol' the gallery, having a ledge, t, upon which a coin may be placed through an opening or slot, b', in the side wall oi' the box, this coin to be struck by'bullets and thereby forced into the bank.

A spring or other pistol being used to project the bullets, its muzzle is inserted undeIl the glass at the open end oi' the box, and aim is taken by mental calculation rather than by aiming over the barrel oi' the pistol. The glass cover or top affords no obstruction in taking aim in this way, and serves an important purpose in preventing the bullets from dying oil' out of the box and endangering the eyes 0r comfort oi' the bystanders.

Having described this invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

'lhe shooting-gallery having' the bottom B, side walls, C, and glass top l), extending the full length of the gallery, the projections b,-

having rest Gr, the slide H', having opening d,

CH AS. A. BA'I LEY.

Witnesses: l

FRANK J. BAILEY, JosIAII AcIrLn r. 

